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GEORGE s. CLARK, or WETUMIPKA, ALABAMA.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed July 26, 1915. Serial No.41,955.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE S. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wetumpka, in the county of Elmore and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to tables, and more particularly to the class of knock-down tables.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a table .of this character wherein the same when set up for use will possess rigidity and strength, and the legs thereof will be out of the way of the user, the said table being especially useful for a dining, drawing, card, typewriter, or other like table, and in fact is useful anywhere a table is needed.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a table of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that it can be readily knocked down to permit convenient shipment thereof, or its storage in the least possible space when in disuse, and also which can be conveniently set up for use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a table of this character which is simple in construction, strong, and inexpensive in manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 38 ofvFig. 1. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of a pair of the side legs of the table together with slide rail.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the table comprises a top A, side legs B and a center cross brace C, the details of which and the manner of connection thereof being hereinafter fully described.

durable,

The top A in this instance is shown of square shape, although it may be round or any other shape desired, and preferably made of wood, while secured to the under side thereof spaced from the end edges are pairs of spaced parallel guide cleats 5 formed with inner beveled edges 6 providlng between the cleats 5 of each pair a dove-tail shaped guideway, and in these guideways are dctachably fittedcorrespondingly shaped slide rails 7 fixed to the upper ends of the crossed members 8 constituting the side legs B so that the latter can be dotachably connected-with the top A of the table.

Arranged between the side legs B medially of the table is the brace C which comprises the crossed bars 9 which are fastened to each other in any suitable manner, the upper ends of which are engaged in the respective notches 10 and 11 which are adapted to register with each other and are formed in the innermost cleats 5 and the slide rails 7, respectively, so that when the ends of the :members 9 are engaged therein the legs are made fast to the top of the table, while the lower ends of the said members 9 of the brace C are detachably fastened to the legs at the point of intersection of the members 8 thereof through the medium of bolt memhere 12 which are engaged in the side legs B and the lower ends of the members 9 in the manner shown. To knock down the table it is necessary to remove the bolts 12 and detach the brace C, whereupon the side legs B can be detached by removing the slide rails 7 from between the cleats 5 on the top A of the table.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction of the device will be clearly understood, and thereforea more eX- tended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimedis:-

In a table, a top, pairs of spaced parallel cleats fixed to the under side of the top each pair being formed with cut away portions, said slide rails being formed With also passed through the legs at the points of notches to register with the cut away porcrossing thereof. 10 tion, cross brace members fitted between the In testimony whereof I aifix my signature legs and having their upper ends insertible in presence of two Witnesses.

5 into the cut away portions and the notches Y GEORGE S. CLARK.

to lock the slide railsin the guideways, and Witnesses: removable members passed through the C. G. MCMORRIS, lower ends of the cross brace members and J. SANFORD MULLINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

